Rogelio García is the Vegueros' ace with a 1.31 ERA, 10 wins, and 5 shutouts – he wins the MVP and pitcher of the year honors. He fails to win the strikeout title however as Braudilio Vinent (Santiago de Cuba) wins his last strikeout title with 90 Ks. This interrupts García's four year run of leading the league – García will win the next two strikeout titles.

For the third time in four years a batter comes one hit shy of breaking Fermín Laffita's record .396 average. Villa Clara's Amado Zamora has 63 hits in 160 at-bats for a .394 average. Antonio Pacheco, the future all-time hits leader, makes his Serie Nacional début with with Santiago de Cuba.

The sixth Juego de las Estrellas (All-Star Game) was held in Havana. In the game, Oriente defeated Occidentales by a score of 4 to 3. Occidentales had 9 hits to Oriente's 8, while the errors were 1 to 2 in favor of Occidentales. The winning pitcher was Roberto Ramos and the losing pitcher was Pablo Pérez.